diff --git a/hardware/Rakefile b/hardware/Rakefile
index d833e56..cf1582b 100644
--- a/hardware/Rakefile
+++ b/hardware/Rakefile
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ def scrape_lcsc(sku)
   # the search page does not always list existing parts, instead it will try 
   url = "https://lcsc.com/pre_search/link?type=lcsc&&value=#{sku}"
   puts "scraping #{url}" if $scrape_debug
-  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(URI.escape(url),:allow_redirections => :all))
+  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(URI.open(url),:allow_redirections => :all)
 
   # verify if we have got a product page
   if doc.xpath('//div[@id="product_details"]').empty? then
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ def scrape_aliexpress(sku)
   # get page
   url = "https://www.aliexpress.com/item/#{sku}.html"
   puts "scraping #{url}" if $scrape_debug
-  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open(URI.escape(url),:allow_redirections => :all))
+  doc = Nokogiri::HTML(URI.open(url),:allow_redirections => :all)
   # all the values can be found in javascript variables (stock is even only there)
   js_docs = doc.xpath('//script')
   if js_docs.empty? then